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Wii U - THIS THREAD IS DOOMED! POST IN THE NEW ONE!

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited November 2014
    GX is civilization. I would kill a man, in front of his own momma, for F-Zero GX HD on Wii U.

    Okay not really.

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  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    We've reached the point where an HD port is worth murder. Not even a sequel.

    Damn inflation.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    god the eshop interface is horrid

    any top eshop recommendations to a new wii u owner? I should get pushmo probably!

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  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    god the eshop interface is horrid

    any top eshop recommendations to a new wii u owner? I should get pushmo probably!

    NES Remixes are pretty fun if you played NES a lot growing up.

  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    I did indeed have a nes growing up but the nes remix games i've heard very mixed thoughts, they apparently start super slow and there is some sort of retail bundle of the two coming out?

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    NES remix is a good way to see that many NES classics have not aged very well.

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  • BloodySlothBloodySloth Registered User regular
    I found that the NES remixes are good for picking out the fun bits of old, classic NES games while, for the most part, cutting out the rest. It's like Warioware with gaming history.

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  • ConnConn Registered User regular
    Oh, hey, are we talking about F-Zero GX in here? I feel like people don't do that enough in general.

    It's too bad it sold so poorly. It seems like most people who played it agree that it's the best goddamn racing game ever made.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    Hell fucking yes it is.

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  • DaveTheWaveDaveTheWave Registered User regular
    Full hecking yes it is.

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    GX was a great game but it was stupid hard. Not fun hard, just "fuck this bullshit" hard.

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  • TDawgTDawg Registered User regular
    Zek wrote: »
    GX was a great game but it was stupid hard. Not fun hard, just "fuck this bullshit" hard.

    This. I respect GX for what it was, and am happy that those fans got that game because wow is that a treat for the very specific people who like that kind of game, but for me playing that game is like trying to hug a cactus. It's not very pleasurable and there isn't really any purpose because the cactus doesn't give a shit about me.

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  • WotanAnubisWotanAnubis Registered User regular
    I never felt GX was bullshit. Hard, yes. Sometimes forcing you to be perfect and/or lucky, sure. But not bullshit, not in the way, say, Mario Kart can be bullshit (why do I always get pelted with a Blue Shell in sight of the finish line).

    Really, there was only time in GX where I legit called bullshit.

    Chapter 7 of the Story Mode. I've managed to take out Black Bull and Blood Falcon - the biggest threats in that race. I'm in first on the final lap, everything's going smoothly and then, on the final stretch, just as I'm about to beat this goddamn chapter, Leon overtakes me and finishes in first. Leon! That racer never amounts to anything anywhere else and he's the one to beat me here?

    Bullshit!

    But other than that I felt GX has always been harsh-but-fair to me.

  • RidleySariaRidleySaria AnaheimRegistered User regular
    The only thing I thought was bullshit about GX was how they kept the new characters locked behind story mode on very hard. Easy and normal were tough but they were doable. Very hard? Nnnnnngggggg.

    I actually completed all but three levels. The remaining characters I unlocked on an AX machine. You really shouldn't have to work so hard for new characters.

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Zek wrote: »
    GX was a great game but it was stupid hard. Not fun hard, just "fuck this bullshit" hard.

    Two parts of it's story mode I remember vividly; the one where you're in a straight shot in a tube racing against closing gates, going as fast as fucking possible and rotating to fit through, and the one where Blood Falcon and Blood Falcon's Hilarious Voice Actor put a bomb on Cap's ship and you gotta do a Speed style level, do not slow down or you blow up, do not hit a wall or you blow up. Those 2 levels were so awesome and SO FUCKING HARD HOLY SHIT.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    F-Zero GX was really fun, if crazy hard

    The demo of the original F-Zero that's on Smash U makes it seem pretty awful

    I've never played X

    Make a new F-Zero, I'd play that

    Original F-Zero is just bizarre. I think it only succeeded in being memorable at all because of the pseudo-3D Mode 7 thing going on.

    Seriously though a racing game, with only a choice of 4 vehicles to race as, and it's freakin' single player are you kidding me

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  • BronzeKoopaBronzeKoopa Registered User regular
    GX had the best worst voice acting/cutscenes/cheesy rock music.

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    So Blood Falcon is a clone of Captain Falcon made from blood taken when he was in a coma four years ago

    but he's also a ghost that seems to live inside Captain Falcon and can appear whenever Black Shadows says "come out!"

    Oh brilliant
  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    Via Nintendo PR:
    SUPER SMASH BROS. FOR WII U IS THE FASTEST-SELLING WII U GAME EVER IN THE U.S.

    ​If you were going to diagram an equation for a record-breaking software launch, it would probably look something like this:

    Popular Franchise (more than 14 million Super Smash Bros. games sold in the U.S. alone)
    +
    Demand (it has been six years since the last Super Smash Bros. console game, plus the new game benefits from heightened awareness for the franchise coming on the heels of the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS game)
    +
    Critical Acclaim (current Metacritic score of 93, making it the highest-rated original game of this generation, tied with last year’s Super Mario 3D World game)
    +
    Strong Reaction from Fans (current user score of 9.2 on Metacritic, becoming the eighth Wii U game to have a Metacritic score of 85 or higher AND a user score of 8.5 or higher)
    =
    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is now the fastest-selling Wii U title ever in the U.S. market (dethroning Mario Kart 8), with more than 490,000 physical and digital units combined sold during the three-day period of Nov. 21 through Nov. 23.

    “The Nintendo holiday is off to a great start, but there’s a lot of work left to do and a few more surprises in store for our fans,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “With great deals coming on Black Friday and Cyber Monday and great content like Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launching next week, Nintendo will offer shoppers the best combination of fun and value this holiday season.”

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    Zombie U 2 listed on Amazon France

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    I want this to be real like you would not believe.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    Zombie U 2 listed on Amazon France

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    I want this to be real like you would not believe.

    Ubisoft better not mess with my feelings...

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Conn wrote: »
    Oh, hey, are we talking about F-Zero GX in here? I feel like people don't do that enough in general.

    It's too bad it sold so poorly. It seems like most people who played it agree that it's the best goddamn racing game ever made.

    Well, it's no Burnout Paradise, but it's probably #2.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    GX was super hard, so I just never played the single-player. I just played the regular races constantly because they were already amazing, I didn't need stupid bullshit objectives added in to it.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    skeldare wrote: »

    Ubisoft better not mess with my feelings...

    If anyone would have advance info on this, it would be France where Ubi is based. :P

    Maybe this is the "100% complete game that they're sitting on waiting for the console's fortunes to improve."

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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    Zombie U 2 - now available for every console except the Wii U.

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  • SilentRoughWaterSilentRoughWater Registered User regular
    F-Zero GX is the only racing game I have nostalgia about. I didn't play the originals and I didn't put much time into any of the older Mario Karts or other racing games. Got it near release and poured so many hours into that game.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    Zombie U 2 - now available for every console except the Wii U.

    Can't wait to unlock Bono.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    skeldare wrote: »

    Ubisoft better not mess with my feelings...

    If anyone would have advance info on this, it would be France where Ubi is based. :P

    Maybe this is the "100% complete game that they're sitting on waiting for the console's fortunes to improve."

    You know... You might be right.

  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    You can see that the publisher is listed as Namco Badai.

    I could see them hearing that ZombiU2 was done but would never release due to Ubi's uncertainty, and going "hell guys, send that over here and we'll publish it for you."

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  • SwashbucklerXXSwashbucklerXX Swashbucklin' Canuck Registered User regular
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    Via Nintendo PR:
    SUPER SMASH BROS. FOR WII U IS THE FASTEST-SELLING WII U GAME EVER IN THE U.S.

    ​If you were going to diagram an equation for a record-breaking software launch, it would probably look something like this:

    Popular Franchise (more than 14 million Super Smash Bros. games sold in the U.S. alone)
    +
    Demand (it has been six years since the last Super Smash Bros. console game, plus the new game benefits from heightened awareness for the franchise coming on the heels of the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS game)
    +
    Critical Acclaim (current Metacritic score of 93, making it the highest-rated original game of this generation, tied with last year’s Super Mario 3D World game)
    +
    Strong Reaction from Fans (current user score of 9.2 on Metacritic, becoming the eighth Wii U game to have a Metacritic score of 85 or higher AND a user score of 8.5 or higher)
    =
    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is now the fastest-selling Wii U title ever in the U.S. market (dethroning Mario Kart 8), with more than 490,000 physical and digital units combined sold during the three-day period of Nov. 21 through Nov. 23.

    “The Nintendo holiday is off to a great start, but there’s a lot of work left to do and a few more surprises in store for our fans,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “With great deals coming on Black Friday and Cyber Monday and great content like Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launching next week, Nintendo will offer shoppers the best combination of fun and value this holiday season.”

    Ha ha, the press release I got had the exact same quote attributed to "Pierre-Paul Trepanier, Nintendo of Canada’s new general manager and senior director." Those two dudes must be really in synch, maaaan.

    I hope great deals they promise are actually happening in Canada. Nintendo shit never goes on sale here.

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  • KriegaffeKriegaffe Registered User regular
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    Via Nintendo PR:
    SUPER SMASH BROS. FOR WII U IS THE FASTEST-SELLING WII U GAME EVER IN THE U.S.

    ​If you were going to diagram an equation for a record-breaking software launch, it would probably look something like this:

    Popular Franchise (more than 14 million Super Smash Bros. games sold in the U.S. alone)
    +
    Demand (it has been six years since the last Super Smash Bros. console game, plus the new game benefits from heightened awareness for the franchise coming on the heels of the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS game)
    +
    Critical Acclaim (current Metacritic score of 93, making it the highest-rated original game of this generation, tied with last year’s Super Mario 3D World game)
    +
    Strong Reaction from Fans (current user score of 9.2 on Metacritic, becoming the eighth Wii U game to have a Metacritic score of 85 or higher AND a user score of 8.5 or higher)
    =
    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is now the fastest-selling Wii U title ever in the U.S. market (dethroning Mario Kart 8), with more than 490,000 physical and digital units combined sold during the three-day period of Nov. 21 through Nov. 23.

    “The Nintendo holiday is off to a great start, but there’s a lot of work left to do and a few more surprises in store for our fans,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “With great deals coming on Black Friday and Cyber Monday and great content like Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launching next week, Nintendo will offer shoppers the best combination of fun and value this holiday season.”

    DOOOOM!!!

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    Target has the Super Mario 3D deluxe set for $299 with a $25 GC. Stores only.

  • NitsuaNitsua Gloucester, VARegistered User regular
    So, this was pretty cool. A DWTS segment that had this couple dancing to Mario tunes. Decently done. Nintendo also has put up an MP3 of the Mario medley they danced to on their site.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    boy did I not know what DWTS stood for before clicking that link

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  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    Nitsua wrote: »
    So, this was pretty cool. A DWTS segment that had this couple dancing to Mario tunes. Decently done. Nintendo also has put up an MP3 of the Mario medley they danced to on their site.

    Saw that on Facebook. I was positive Nintendo was involved due to the lack of screw ups in the props/background/music.

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPmEhQLq-vk

    Youtube link for those that might have missed it.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    Gee, I wonder if that was a bit of Nintendo co-marketing.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    If anyone here is on the fence about that Hori Battle Pad

    It's rad

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited November 2014
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    Via Nintendo PR:
    SUPER SMASH BROS. FOR WII U IS THE FASTEST-SELLING WII U GAME EVER IN THE U.S.

    ​If you were going to diagram an equation for a record-breaking software launch, it would probably look something like this:

    Popular Franchise (more than 14 million Super Smash Bros. games sold in the U.S. alone)
    +
    Demand (it has been six years since the last Super Smash Bros. console game, plus the new game benefits from heightened awareness for the franchise coming on the heels of the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS game)
    +
    Critical Acclaim (current Metacritic score of 93, making it the highest-rated original game of this generation, tied with last year’s Super Mario 3D World game)
    +
    Strong Reaction from Fans (current user score of 9.2 on Metacritic, becoming the eighth Wii U game to have a Metacritic score of 85 or higher AND a user score of 8.5 or higher)
    =
    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is now the fastest-selling Wii U title ever in the U.S. market (dethroning Mario Kart 8), with more than 490,000 physical and digital units combined sold during the three-day period of Nov. 21 through Nov. 23.

    “The Nintendo holiday is off to a great start, but there’s a lot of work left to do and a few more surprises in store for our fans,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “With great deals coming on Black Friday and Cyber Monday and great content like Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launching next week, Nintendo will offer shoppers the best combination of fun and value this holiday season.”

    While that is fantastic news, I don't see anything addressing the shortage of GameCube adapters. Just saying.
    skeldare wrote: »
    Zombie U 2 listed on Amazon France

    zombie-u-2-amazon-fr-1-1152x757.jpg

    I want this to be real like you would not believe.

    Ubisoft better not mess with my feelings...

    Yeah, and water better not be wet.

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  • TDawgTDawg Registered User regular
    If anyone here is on the fence about that Hori Battle Pad

    It's rad

    I almost went to pick one up but decided that tomorrow would be more appropriate, because Best Buy is across town from where I was. How rad is it? I need to knoooooow.

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